The USA television programme "60 Minutes" had an interesting presentation of the weakness of eyewitness testimony tonight, illustrated with a dramatic and instructive (true) case in which a woman falsely identified someone as her rapist. Elizabeth Loftus makes a brief appearance; the heavy lifting is left up to Gary Wells. As is so often the case nowadays, it took DNA to set things right. The piece ends with a most unlikely friendship.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/06/60minutes/main4848039.shtml See the videos parts 1 and 2; and also a short featuring Loftus on Bugs Bunny's visit to Disneyland. Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
